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Ellis County, TX

222,829 Population
935.7 square miles 238.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,764 ±$1,980 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$89,488 ±$6,779 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.1% ±1.5% (13,481  ±3,360) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.9 minutes ±0.6 (2,812,355  ±74,844) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

75,570 ±1,224 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.9 ±0.1 (220,565  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.6% ±2% (3,618  ±1,076) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

78,763 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$366,500 ±$14,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.4% ±2.5% (25,199  ±5,413.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

85.5% ±4.4% (124,376  ±6,495.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.4% ±2.6% (42,846  ±3,826.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% (21,333  ±2,652) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.2% ±0.9% (10,204  ±1,468) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,204 Total veterans ±1,468 9,192 Male ±1,306 1,012 Female ±683

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